Jess Ragan Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 http://www.chess-boards.com/item.cfm/categ...ade-Machine.htm And this time, they've got full color screens! Are these next-generation Coleco-style tabletops any good? JR Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboypacman Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Intresting i wonder how they play? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1345888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 And this time, they've got full color screens! Are these next-generation Coleco-style tabletops any good? I hate to dampen your enthusiasm, but unless they completely remade them - this is what it actually looks like. This is the same company that has been beating that piece of shit Space Invaders LCD thing to death in 50 different products. There's another thread here at AA with that crap. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1345918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 http://www.chess-boards.com/item.cfm/categ...ade-Machine.htm And this time, they've got full color screens! Are these next-generation Coleco-style tabletops any good? JR I don't think the graphics they show are real (I think it's an artist's conception): frogger tabletop I think they use the same graphics as their handheld: frogger handheld later, Charles www.evg2000.com Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1345964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodos8 Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Yeah its a real stinker. You could probably gut the case and put a Gameboy SP in there and have something pretty awesome then. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1345966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Aw, that's a shame! Yeah, at the very least, they could be used as part of a more ambitious project. I thought about taking an old LED handheld and transform it into a REAL mini-arcade, using a Game Boy Micro for the processor and display. JR Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1346027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 What they should have done is to release a single device (like the above) and like the flashback and similar) put all the old classics in there (via an emulator) for play on that system I'd love to see an emulation of the so-so popular tomytronic 3d handheld games of yesteryear on a pc...they weren't bad games Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1346934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Ragan Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 What they should have done is to release a single device (like the above) and like the flashback and similar) put all the old classics in there (via an emulator) for play on that system I'd love to see an emulation of the so-so popular tomytronic 3d handheld games of yesteryear on a pc...they weren't bad games Oh, I can help you out with that! http://www.handheld.remakes.org/results.php?gamename=P http://www.handheld.remakes.org/results.php?gamename=T You can download at least two simulated Tomytronic games just by following these links. Sadly, Scramble isn't on that list. JR Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1347408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Yeah, I saw these on display/for sale at a Spencer Gifts a few months back (Frogger and Space Invaders) and they are pretty much ass. They only thing that's cool is that the Space Invaders one would look style-wise right at home with my collection of the REAL Coleco tabletops. Gameplay may suck, but at least the case and artwork would fit in. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1347427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 remowilliams pretty much hit it on the head.. the Space Invaders for example is the EXACT SAME GAME I bought in the mid 90's on a keychain. The same game has been put into so many shells over the past 10 years, and this is just the most recent. Although, these things have been around for a while.. I think we talked about them here a couple of years ago. I'm surprised you only saw them now Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1347435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacgreg Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 I'd have to say, if you compare the excalibur frogger to coleco pac man,ms pac,donkey kong,or galaxian: its crap, but if you compare it to coleco frogger, it's moderate; better graphics same gameplay. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1736738 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Resurrecting a 2-year-old thread before he's even made 10 posts? Yeah, pacgreg is going to fit in here just fine. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1739765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Heh. How the heck do people even find these random old threads, and why do they feel a need to respond to them? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1739766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 That's what's great about a message board. It's a different beast from something like IRC or chat because conversations never die! I don't see a problem responding to a question 2-6 years later. It's there for all to read anyway. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1739799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HatNJ Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 as long as the thread maybe as relevant today as way back when so what nice to see some NOT all older posts pop up now and then I may have missed something good Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1739839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph74 Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Since I missed this thread 2 years ago, I'll chime in now... IMO, the ultimate in handheld/tabletops was a couple years back at arcadeathome.com I think was the site. They had amini-mame contest, and someone hacked up a Coleco tabletop, put a Casio Cassiopeia in it, and had a full color, playable portable mame unit. I've tried to find more info over the years to no avail, but it was one of the coolest things I've seen in the past 10 years! (see another old thread for more... the thread is what came up when I just googled the thing! lol http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=112324 ) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1739846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I don't see a problem responding to a question 2-6 years later. Most questions asked on message boards are not of the variety that the original poster is likely to still be seeking an answer YEARS later. Odds are they won't even be reading that board anymore. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1739946 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph74 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I don't see a problem responding to a question 2-6 years later. Most questions asked on message boards are not of the variety that the original poster is likely to still be seeking an answer YEARS later. Odds are they won't even be reading that board anymore. So you're saying there's a chance?? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1739957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 A mini mame(ish) portable arcade looking arcade cab would be cool. Those are unfortunately the same shitty LCD games that VGM has been releaseing repeatedly for the past ten years or so. Pitty, I'd have loved to see proper remakes of the old coleco table top arcades, of course, they would have to remake the screens, as the originals were VFD....IIRC. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1747419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwinChargers Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Sears is still selling them to this day- Excalibur Mini Arcade Cabinets Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1748805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brojamfootball Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Sears is still selling them to this day- Excalibur Mini Arcade Cabinets For those who don't know, be forewarned: those Excalibur versions suck pretty bad. The Space Invaders wouldn't be so bad except that the playfield is two screens wide, so when you get all the way to the right, you are then transported to the left side of the second half of the playfield, invariably with an invader above you who kills you. I bought this game for $4 at a swap meet and am still unhappy with it, although it looks cool on my shelf. The Frogger wouldn't be so bad except that for some unknown reason, the screen is reflected with a mirror which makes it hard to see, lots of glare, etc. If I remember correctly, I think there are youtube videos of each of them for anyone who wants to see. The old VFD games were much better. It's a shame, since the new Excalibur ones are a near-miss, but a miss just the same. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1748821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 On that note I've picked up some recent LCD games.. I haven't opened them up to try them but at least the Space Invaders looks like a NEW one. I also got a Crazy Climber one. There's also an Elevator Action LCD game that came out the same time as these.. I missed that one though Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1749033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polybius Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Back in 2003, they had mini keychain versions of Space Invaders and Super Breakout. what Happened to those? oh, and it would be neat to have a portable or even keychain version of MAME. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1786063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucifershalo Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Back in 2003, they had mini keychain versions of Space Invaders and Super Breakout. what Happened to those? oh, and it would be neat to have a portable or even keychain version of MAME. gp2x? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1786127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+evg2000 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 On that note I've picked up some recent LCD games.. I haven't opened them up to try them but at least the Space Invaders looks like a NEW one. I also got a Crazy Climber one. There's also an Elevator Action LCD game that came out the same time as these.. I missed that one though Here are some more of the pocketboy series of games, no elevator action listed though Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/111260-mini-arcade-games-make-a-comeback/#findComment-1786133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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